Duplex hair waver



jan. 19, 1937.. A. E. FARRELL 2,068,170

DUPLEX HAIR WAVER Filed June 19, 1955 .IVNVENTOR ANNA E. F'A RRELL ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 19, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application June 19,

Claims.

This invention relates to devices for waving hair and particularly to plates and hooks thereon for insertion in. the hair to be waved.

. In the making of the modish hair waves, 5 desired by present fashions, much time has been consumed and; great difficulty has been encountered by women in attempts to build waves intheir own hair. Complicated and expensive appliances have been tried, and the cost to individuals for procuring the waving of their hair has been frequently prohibitive.

It is therefore one of the objects of this invention to provide, a simple and inexpensive device, or hair waver which may be easily applied by any woman on her own head, and whereby waves with both depth and of any desired width may be easily and cheaply attained.

Another object is to provide such a device in oblong shape of thin and resilient material a head of hair, and comprising an elongated frame 01' pin with two parallel outside plates, from which teeth are projected downwardly and forward from the inner edges of such plates for penetrating hair on a head to be waved. The portion of such teeth near the plate attachment known as shanks, on approximately the same plane as the plates, and to serve to elevate hair over the shanks to form raised waves. Two parallel bars spaced apart from the plates and attached to the latter by short links at each end of the bars, and the bottoms of the bars lower than the tops of said shanks, to depress the hair along side the said shanks to provide top curved or said raised waves. The said bars are spaced apart by a suitable. slot, which provides a space along which a comb may be drawn, for pulling a lock or strand of hair into horizontal waves between the said bars, and between the raised waves. It is also an object to provide a special form of comb adapted for pulling simultaneously all the hair beneath such central slot.

With these and other objects hereinafter described, I have illustrated my invention by the accompanying drawing of which:

Figure 1 represents a top plan of the frame: and hooks to be inserted in the hair over a head.

Figure .2 represents a side elevation of the frame and books with a special form of comb assembled,

Figure 3 represents a cross section of. the comb taken on lines 3-3 of Figure 2; and

and suitably curved to fit over and conform to 1935, Serial No. 27,380

(Cl.132--3I)- V Figure 4 represents the methods of use, of the device on a head, in perspective.

Like numerals. on the different figures represent like parts.

The principal member of the device is out- 5 lined in Figure 1 and indicated as a pin frame A. This is preferably formed of thin resilient sheet metal or other suitable material and normally curved or bent to conform 'fiatly over a head of hair. A central slot 5 of suitable width for a comb is provided longitudinally along the center of the pin, leaving only narrow bands 6 across at each end to hold together the side plates 1 of the pin. Two parallel bars 9 are provided, one oneach side of the central slot 5. I5 Outside of each of said bars is a slot parallel therewith 8. Across each end of these slots 8 are narrow links Ml which connect the bar to the said parallel side plates 1'.

The said side plates are each provided with 20 hooks ll pointing forward, and turned inward along the outside of the slots 8. The points l2' of the hooks are bent downward for the purpose of extending through the hair and against the scalp beneathfor picking up the locks of 25 flattened hair to be waved. The tips l3 of the points, however, on their lower extremities are rounded to prevent any injury to the scalp. The spaces between the bases of the hooks are smoothly rounded as at M to prevent any angu- 30 lar bending of or injury to the hair, while the shanks I5 of the hooks are substantially parallel with the slots 8 for supporting and elevating locks of hair thereover.

In use the hair is first combed flatly on a '35 head. Next the frames are adjusted over the flattened hair to be waved, and pressed downward and backward until the two rows of hooks II" have passed down through the hair beneath and are embedded therein. Only light pressure 40 is required to cause the strands of hair to ride up on the hooks and cross the shanks l5 thereof, and the lengths of the hair between the opposite rows of hooks are stretched across beneath the parallel bars 9. The operator then 45 inserts the teeth It on the comb member, gen erally indicated as B, through the central slot 5, and draws the same forward along the pin frame and slot until the hair between the rows of hooks has been pulled and stretched into wave 50 forms of any desired width, as H, illustrated in Figure 4. Y

The device may be allowed to remain in such position any desired period of time to permit the hair to become sufiicientl-y set to provide waves 55 of lasting quality after the removal of the device. Such removal is accomplished by simply drawing the plate and hooks forward from the hair.

The plates are preferably thin and light, and may be worn without discomfort night and day, or removed soon after their insertion when the Waves have become fixed.

In Figure 3 I have shown my preferred form of comb for drawing the hair. This is constructed with a thickened back 2| for guidance and rigidity with two parallel rows of teeth l6, which are preferably projected at an angle to provide for drawing the hair. The face of the comb is preferably curved to conform with a head so that by one movement of the comb along the full length of the central slot, all the hair beneath may be drawn into suitable waves I1 between the separate rows of hooks.

It will be understood that the word shank is-intended to designate the rear and top portion of the teeth. This portion is substantially on the same plane as the plate to which it is attached, and the upper faces of the shanks are at all times higher than the under faces of the adjoining bars, for the purpose of elevating a portion of the hair over the shanks, and depressing the hair nearthe inner edge of the shanks, beneath adjoining bars, and thus creating an elevated wave, over each shank respectively. The comb is used to draw the hair along under the central slot after the entire frame has been placed crosswise over a tress of hair, and the frame teeth inserted therethrough.

After the hair has been moved up on the hook shanks l5, neither the hair or the device requires any other fastening, and will remain in such position until the waves have become set in the desired forms. The device may be then easily removed without disturbing the waves by simply lifting the hooks backward from the hair. The thin resilient metal of the hooks prevents any inconvenience to the wearers, either day or night, as they readily bend outward when the head is laid on a pillow.

When the waves I! are tightly drawn between the rows of hooks and under the ribs, the folds of hair over the shanks are retained elevated over the hook shanks and thus formed into ridges I8 thereby providing depth and an udulating appearance between the rows of waves, which is greatly to bedesired.

In order to provide a continuous set of waves over the head for a greater distance than the length of one single frame, then a second frame as C, may be inserted beyond with one end thereof adjacent one end of A and the waves so continued. The ends of the bars 9, and connecting links iii are slightly upcurved as shown in Figure 2, to facilitate the passage of a wave of the hair from the frame B, to be carried out from beneath the same, and under the links ID of the following frame A, as at I9, thus providing an unbroken sequence of the waves over the head for the desired length as shown in Figure 4.

In order to provide a continuous or plural number of waves along one strand of hair, wider than can be produced between the two rows of hooks in one frame, then another frame as D, may be inserted alongside frame A and continuous waves formed thereby. Oppositely curved waves are so formed between the two sets of frames, from those formed between the rows of hooks on either one of the frames A and D indicated as 20 and on Figure 4.

Having described my invention, I claim as new:

1. A hair waver, comprising an elongated fiattened member, with openings therethrough, and provided with parallel plates along the outer sides thereof, resilient hook teeth spaced apart along the inner edges of the plates and projected in forward and downward directions for insertion through hair to be waived on a head, parallelbars attached at both ends by links to the side plates and spaced apart from each other by a central slot, to provide a passageway for a comb to draw said hair along beneath said slot, and over said hooks and beneath said bars, for double wave formations.

2. Hair wavers, comprising elongated flattened members with two outer plates spaced apart and. connected at each end thereof by tie bands, resilient hook teeth spaced along the inside edges of the plates, said teeth protruding forward and downward from the plates for insertion in the hair to be waved, two parallel bars spaced apart by a central operating slot, and connected at each end to the outer plates by links, said links upturned higher than the tie bands and spaced therefrom by cross slots for passage of tresses of hair to be drawnfrorn beneaththe same and from the said central slot out over the tie bands and under the said links at one end of the waver, and to be drawn from beyond the tie band at the other end of the waver over the respective tie bands and beneath said cross links, for useof plurality of the wavers in line, for forming a continuous line of horizontal waves on the head.

3. A device for waving hair, comprising a flattened frame curved to fit over a head of hair, the sides of the frame formed of parallel plates, hook teeth projected inward and downward from the inner edges of the plates for engaging the hair to be waved, horizontal shank portions on the hook teeth adjoining the plates for elevating and holding the hair in curved shapes and parallel bars between the rows of teeth for depressing the hair between such shanks of said teeth, said bars spaced apart to provide a slot for insertion of comb teeth for drawing the hair in ,wave formation over the shanks of said teeth and beneath said bars, for forming waves in two directions.

4. A devicefor forming horizontal and elevated hair waves, comprising, an elongated pin frame provided with a slot along the center thereof for passageway for a comb, parallel bars along each side of said slot, parallel plates forming the sides of the frame, teeth attached to and projected forward and downward from the inner edges of the plates for guiding tresses of hair when beneath the pin frame, the shank portions of the teeth adjoining the plates on substantially the same plane as the plates for elevating portions of the hair thereover, said bars spaced by slots from the inner sides of said teeth to provide passageways for portions of the hair to be elevated therethrough and above the bottoms of the bars, with means for drawing said underlying hair along beneath said central slot to form horizontal waves, and upon said shank portions to provide elevated waves.

5. A device for waving hair, comprising parallel plates spaced apart, teeth attached to the inner edges of said plates and extending forward with a shank on the same plane as the plates and downward for controlling the movemerit of hair, bars parallel with and spaced apart from said plates and inside of said teeth by links, the bottoms of said bars lower than the tops of the shanks of said teeth and spaced apart from said teeth by parallel slots for passage way for hair upon said shanks from beneath said bars to form elevated waves, said bars spaced apart by a central slot for passage way of a comb for drawing said hair along beneath the same to form such waves. 

